Proceedings of the National Convention to Secure the Religious Amendment of the Constitution of the United States: Held in New York, Feb. 26 and 27, 1873 : with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the MovementJohn Polhemus, printer, 102 Nassau St., 1872 - 78 páginas |
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Página iii
... civil affairs him who is the Governor among the nations . " These views have been intelli- gently and publicly maintained by a portion of the American people at all times since the adoption of the Constitution . The contrast , in this ...
... civil affairs him who is the Governor among the nations . " These views have been intelli- gently and publicly maintained by a portion of the American people at all times since the adoption of the Constitution . The contrast , in this ...
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... civil liberty ; and viewed in its political aspect it is worthy of all commendation . But it is when viewed as the fundamental law of a Christian nation , that we are constrained to acknowledge a defect , over which the Christian ...
... civil liberty ; and viewed in its political aspect it is worthy of all commendation . But it is when viewed as the fundamental law of a Christian nation , that we are constrained to acknowledge a defect , over which the Christian ...
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... civil war . Have we not reason to fear that " we , the people , " have presumed too much upon our own wisdom and strength , and without acknowledging our dependence upon God , have undertaken a work to which our unaided powers are not ...
... civil war . Have we not reason to fear that " we , the people , " have presumed too much upon our own wisdom and strength , and without acknowledging our dependence upon God , have undertaken a work to which our unaided powers are not ...
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... civil and religious liberties , our free institutions , and all our national prosperity , power and glory , are mercies and blessings derived from God to us through the channel of the christian religion . Notwithstanding , either from ...
... civil and religious liberties , our free institutions , and all our national prosperity , power and glory , are mercies and blessings derived from God to us through the channel of the christian religion . Notwithstanding , either from ...
Página x
... civil government and nations as such are the subjects of his moral laws , and his revealed will is the supreme law of national life ; Whereas , The Christian and loyal people of our country are everywhere beseeching God to interpose for ...
... civil government and nations as such are the subjects of his moral laws , and his revealed will is the supreme law of national life ; Whereas , The Christian and loyal people of our country are everywhere beseeching God to interpose for ...
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Página xiv - I have lived, sir, a long time ; and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that GOD governs in the affairs of men. And, if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid ? We have been assured, sir, in the Sacred Writings, that, ' ' except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.
Página xiv - I firmly believe this, and I also believe that without his concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel; we shall be divided by our little, partial, local interests, our projects will be confounded, and we ourselves shall become a reproach and a' byword down to future ages. And, what is worse, mankind may hereafter, from this unfortunate instance, despair of establishing government by human wisdom, and leave it to chance, war, and conquest.
Página ii - As the government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion...
Página xiv - PRESIDENT: The small progress we have made, after four or five weeks' close attendance and continual reasonings with each other, our different sentiments on almost every question, several of the last producing as many noes as ayes, is, methinks, a melancholy proof of the imperfection of the human understanding.
Página 49 - And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites : and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them...
Página xv - I therefore beg leave to move that henceforth prayers imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessings on our deliberations, be held in this Assembly every morning before we proceed to business, and that one or more of the clergy of this city be requested to officiate in that service.
Página 15 - For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even to the west, so shall the coming of the Son of man be.
Página 2 - Faith, etc., having undertaken for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our King and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do, by these presents, solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God, and of one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic...
Página 53 - And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do. Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness, and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.